11. Hey Nostradamus!

I'm not usually a fan of multiple stories in one book, but this was an exception. The book is divided into four parts, each story feeding off the previous story in a chain reacting fashion. The stories are vivid and haunting but engaging and thought-provoking all the same. The author manages to capture the raw emotion of each character as they come face-to-face with their reality, while bringing issues of religion and faith to the surface.

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Books I'm reading:
1. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
9. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)
10. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
11. Hey Nostradamus! (Douglas Coupland)

10. Eleanor Rigby

Who is Liz Dunn? Pathetic, lonely, pitiful, depressed and miserable. Heart-wrenching, beautiful, witty and a mother. This was my first taste of a Douglas Coupland novel and he has completely and utterly captured my heart. I absolutely enjoyed this book and his honest style of writing. His characters were so real and insightful, especially Liz and Jeremy, and the interactions between the characters were especially enjoyable to read. The plot was interesting and engaging, laced with so much humour and honesty.

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

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Books I'm reading:
1. Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)
2. Hey Nostradamus! (Douglas Coupland)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
9. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)
10. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)

9. Something Blue

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Books I'm reading:
1. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
2. Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
9. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)

8. Something Borrowed

I just finished reading "Something Borrowed" by Emily Giffin, the first in the series. I'm not going to bother writing a review but I did want to put up a quote that I found profound and inspiring:

Warning: Possible spoilers

"How much I have changed. I was a parent-pleaser, a dutiful friend. I made safe, careful choices and hoped that things would fall into place for me. Then I fell in love with Dex and still viewed it as something happening to me. I hoped that he would make things right, or that fate would intervene. But I have learned that you make your own happiness, that part of going for what you want means losing something else. And when the stakes are high, the losses can be that much greater."

And to add to that: But the gains can be that much more worth it.

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Books I'm reading:
1. Something Blue (Emily Giffin)
2. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
3. Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
8. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)

February (7 down, ?? to go)

Me thinks I'm going to have to revise my goal for the year. 100 books is unpossible (tm Ralph Wiggum)! Not to mention the ever-increasing mountain of course work I have to complete over the next two weeks. Eek!

I am currently attempting to read 3 books. haha. No. I think I've given up on Microserfs but as I've mentioned before--I don't not finish books! I started reading Eleanor Rigby but a friend recommended Something Borrowed, says it rivals the Shopoholic series, and I've never been one to turn down some ol' good chick lit! :)

Reading Week starts on Monday. Wohoo! How awesome. A whole week devoted to reading, albeit, course readings. Nevertheless, wonderful, glorious books!!

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Books I'm reading:
1. Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin)
2. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
3. Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)

7. Eclipse

I finally finished the Twilight series!!

And it was every bit as amazing, incredible, exhilarating, exciting, terrifying, suspenseful, heart-wrenching, romantic, satisfying and satiating as expected and ever imagined!

<3 Team Edward!

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Books I'm reading:
1. Eleanor Rigby (Douglas Coupland)
2. Microserfs (Douglas Coupland)

Books I've read:
1. An Abundance of Katherines (John Green)
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
3. On Beauty (Zadie Smith)
4. Looking For Alaska (John Green)
5. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
6. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
7. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)